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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Mueller afraid of testifying in public?
He doesnt want to appear partisan? Really? Something is weird about his reluctance to destify.
canetoad
(17,226 posts)It is because of ongoing investigations.
benld74
(9,917 posts)Chin music
(23,004 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Maybe he doesn't want to be a political spectacle where politicians (especially repubs) will grandstand, impugn him, his investigation and the people who worked for him. Maybe he'd rather let a transcript do the talking for him.
This is a huge deal and the decision shouldn't be made lightly.
I_have_had_enough
(41 posts)Why should we not call the tune?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)that didn't "want to be remembered". Not everyone wants to be a celebrity everyone on the street recognizes and has an opinion about.
bdamomma
(63,998 posts)to do it privately let him do it there will be a transcript. Why politicize the whole thing???
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)spanone
(136,011 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,717 posts)on MSNBC. He knows Mueller and said he never and a problem testifying in the past. He thinks the problem now is that he will say Barr told him not to write that tRump should be indicted. He is a by the books guy and doesn't want politics to be involved in this.
triron
(22,039 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)But there aren't any screen captures of those appearances because they weren't televised.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)For someone with his resume
JoeOtterbein
(7,703 posts)Same reason he wimped out on charging Trumpy with obstruction. Sad.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He could have gone down in history as a hero, but he's just going down as another cowardly partisan hack. Fuck him.
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